The writers led by Mike Scully are fantastic. And they're creating original stories that not only don't repeat what we've already done, they also don't repeat anything I've seen on television.

I thought I had an appetite for destruction, but all I wanted was a club sandwich.

Humor does depend on surprise, and the things that people remember as the funniest things in the world, you look at later and you go, "What? What was that all about?"

Our solution on 'The Simpsons' is to do jokes that people who have an education, or some frame of reference, can get. And for the ones who don't, it doesn't matter, because we have Homer banging his head and saying, 'D'oh!'

I don't mind sharing the blame if she'll just admit she started it.

When you're as important as I am, getting your feelings hurt by me is almost an honor.

You know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button.